wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite)

TSNB425

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite); 35 mm.
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite); 35 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Title

wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite)

Principal Mineral

Wulfenite

Size

Miniature; 35mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone (?)

Collection

Southwood, M. MS2014.048

Provenance

Grosch, K.

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB425

Amber-coloured wulfenite crystals (to 15 mm) in a shallow vug in corroded sulphide, accompanied by a soft, pearlescent, silky-white intergrowth of kegelite and kaolinite (both XRD indicated).

The specimen is almost certainly from the second oxidation zone and was formerly in the collection of Karlheinz Grosch.

kaolinite; kegelite